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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Tsui, Frank F., author. | Karam, Orlando, author. | Bernal, Barbara, author.
Title: Essentials of software engineering / Frank Tsui, Orlando Karam, Barbara Bernal.
Description: Fourth edition. | Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016036199 | ISBN 9781284106008
Subjects: LCSH: Software engineering.
Classification: LCC QA76.758 .T78 2014 | DDC 005.1--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016036199

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Essentials of Software Engineering was born from our experiences in teaching introductory material on software engineering. Although there are many books on this topic available in the market, few serve the purpose of introducing only the core material for a 1-semester course that meets approximately 3 hours a week for 16 weeks. With the proliferation of small web applications, many new information technology personnel have entered the field of software engineering without fully understanding what it entails. This book is intended to serve both new students with limited experience as well as experienced information technology professionals who are contemplating a new career in the software engineering discipline. The complete life cycle of a software system is covered in this book, from inception to release and through support.

The content of this book has also been shaped by our personal experiences and backgroundsone author has more than 25 years in building, supporting, and managing large and complex mission-critical software with companies such as IBM, Blue Cross Blue Shield, MARCAM, and RCA; another author has experience involving extensive expertise in constructing smaller software with Agile methods at companies such as Microsoft and Amazon; and the third author is bilingual and has broad software engineering teaching experiences with both U.S. college students and non-U.S. Spanish-speaking students.

Although new ideas and technology will continue to emerge and some of the principles introduced in this book may have to be updated, we believe that the underlying and fundamental concepts we present here will remain.

Since the publication of the third edition, the computing industry has moved faster toward service applications and social media. While the software engineering fundamentals have stayed relatively stable, we decided to make a few modifications to reflect some of the movements in software engineering, including the enhancements of teaching aids to this book. It is our goal to continue keeping the content of the book concise enough to be taught in a 16-week, 1-semester course.

The following is a list of major enhancements made for the fourth edition.

• Discussion on kanban methodology in

• REST distributed processing architecture in

• Data design, analysis and big data in

• Code reuse in

• Cloud computing in

• Sample team projects available online for students and instructors

• Updated and enhanced instructor resources

In addition, we have made small modifications to some sentences throughout the book to improve the expression, emphasis, and comprehension. We have also received input from those who used our first, second, and third editions of the book from different universities and have corrected the grammatical and spelling errors. Any remaining error is totally ours.

The first, second, and third editions of this book have been used by numerous colleges and universities, and we thank them for their patience and input. We have learned a lot in the process. We hope the fourth edition will prove to be a better one for all future readers.

is the first place where software engineering is discussed more formally. Included in this chapter is an introduction to the profession of software engineering and its code of ethics.

The traditional topics of software processes, process models, and methodologies are covered in . Reflecting the vast amount of progress made in this area, these chapters explain in extensive detail how to evaluate the processes through the Capability Maturity Models from the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).

discusses not only product release, but the general concept of configuration management.

concludes the book and provides a view of the current issues within software engineering and the future topics in our field.

The appendices give readers and students insight into possible results from major activities in software development with the essential samples for a Team Plan, Software Development Plan, Requirements Specification, Design Plan, and Test Plan. An often asked question is what a requirements document or a test plan should look like. To help answer this question and provide a starting point, we have included sample formats of possible documents resulting from the four activities of Planning, Requirements, Design, and Test Plan. These are provided as follows: